greenling rare.
(ˈgriːnlɪŋ)
[f. green a. + -ling.]
= green-fish 1 and 2 a.
In quot. 1440 grene lynge may be two words, green ling, but the fact that leenge is the spelling of ling n. in the Promp. Parv. militates against this supposition.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 210/1 Grene lynge, fyshe (S. gren⁓lynge, P. grenelynge). 1847 Halliwell, Greenling, same as Greenfish. 1880–4 [see green-fish 2]. |